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Newspaper
Acton Free Press
Location
Acton, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 13, 1944
Page
8
Fragmented verse by Howard S. Ernst envisions a rebirth of faith and peace from war’s wreckage. It imagines a world where selfishness dissolves, fear subsides, and a soothing hand of peace heals a weary earth.
The notice recalls a January 11 1874 item list with robins moving south and Acton supplying players to local teams. It records the first session of the 1924 Council with named chairmen auditors and officials, a fatal incident of Margie Macvie, and local election and missionary appointments involving Sibyl Hosking and travel plans to Angola Portuguese West Africa.
In England, Canadian Women's Army Corps laundry workers operate in a barge building near an army camp. Privates like Jean MacKenzie and Grace Hunter oversee sorting, washing, drying and ironing to provide clean bedding and clothing for hospitals and units. The women handle sheets towels shirts and coveralls while vehicles deliver and return loads.
In Calgary the Elbow River beavers build a dam under a city bridge. They chew saplings and haul debris, toppling a tree through a fence and moving fence posts. Onlookers laugh while planners seek a solution to the growing nuisance.
In a January 1948 Sunday School lesson, the discussion centers on Jesus defending mercy over ritual on the Sabbath. The text argues that the Sabbath exists for people, not people for the Sabbath, citing David and Jesus as examples and stressing compassion above ceremonial law.
In Woking England a 16 year old Air Training Corps member was accused of trying to steal a training plane for a Germany bound flight with a peer girl. They camped near an airfield and attempted to start the engine three times. The girl accused him of pro Nazi views. the boy denied the charges and was remanded in custody.
Britain must focus on crop production to avert world food shortage, says W Mabane in Parliament. He notes that increasing cattle would reduce available wheat and food for humans, as ministers stress early action with Allied governments to meet the global hunger crisis.
The Britain war savings drive titled Salute the Soldier will launch in London on March 25. It mirrors prior campaigns Warship and Wings for Victory with public participation and patriotic fundraising through savings.
A Bristol woman visiting Weymouth fell for a scheme that forced her to buy about 400 pounds in war savings. She lost her handbag with cash, gave the finder a reward, and invested the rest in war savings. A motorist asked for tires. the shopkeeper replied with a wartime joke about wreaths and cushions.
A brief religious reflection notes that belief in Jesus Christ enables power to act beyond natural limits. The account cites Mk 9 23, stating faith yields restoration as the man’s withered hand becomes whole through faith in Christ’s word.
Canberra reports synthetic fibres already eroding wool trade and may push reduced production after the war. wool secretariats in Australia New Zealand and South Africa coordinate research to counter synthetics while publicity and markets shift amid drastic industry changes.
The fragment outlines various foods including milk bread oatmeal apples and meats. It then references a delay with 33,000,000 acres under irrigation and a large outlay for artificial irrigation in India, noting the irrigation system's role in preventing famine and its origin under government efforts led by Lord Curzon.
An all human crew from Canada Free French Leiplang South Africa Australia New Zealand Britain and the United States shared duties aboard a high profile operation. Wing Commander Malfroy and the crew provided steady laughs and effective performance as one warship Jumna logged the highest mileage by an Indian warship covering extensive Dutch East Indies waters and shooting down four Japanese bombers.
Canadian Scouts in Britain, formed as a Canadian Overseas Rover Scout Crew, gathered in Lord Baden-Powell's Imperial Headquarters room in London. They attended Westminster Abbey welcomed by the Dean and visited the Discovery, Captain Scott’s South Pole vessel, now owned by the Hoy Scouts Association and used by Sea Scouts.
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